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I might believe them if they show me their magical device that can measure the amount of piracy of the game.
It successfully pisses off consumers, and successfully causes people to simply not want to play your shitty games.
DRM is fine, if it's not what they were using. With Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, you can access the full game offline, NEVER needing a connection to anything, and the full game is there. If you want the DLC, however, you need to register with them. That's completely acceptable.
Yes, if you consider keeping me from buying any game on any platform from them a success.
Congratulations, Ubisoft... I guess?
Congratulations, Ubisoft... I guess?
No one has stolen our games....DRM is a success! Unfortunately we only made $356.31 in sales, enough to cover our coffee expenses. Please leave your belongings at your desks and evacuate the building.
@Alasdair Duncan
Chalk me up on your list as well!
@Alasdair Duncan
Chalk me up on your list as well!
I don't think Ubisoft is really a company many pc fans care much about. I could care less about playing ports of Prince of Persia, Assassin's Creed, and Tom Clancy on my pc. However, I will be incredibly pissed if the new Heroes of Might and Magic has a horrendous DRM attached to it. That is a game that people will flock to pirate if it has an online all the time type of DRM.
Since all their games were cracked, if piracy was down, it's signalling a pack of interest in their games more than effective DRM.
The only thing they got from me was a guy who COULD have bought Assassin's Creed 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction but didn't. And, as a matter of fact, I'm not buying Ubisoft games for the time being.
Hahaha, I think the reason piracy is down is that nobody wants to play the terrible games they publish.
I also am curious about how they come up with their numbers.
Sounds like -a clear *increase* in piracy of your titles which require a persistent online connection- would be the only way to change Ubisoft's mind.
Way to hand the power over to the pirates Ubisoft, Driver just went from a possible purchase to a must download multiple times from different trackers so Ubisoft can be convinced that it isn't worth it.
Sounds like -a clear *increase* in piracy of your titles which require a persistent online connection- would be the only way to change Ubisoft's mind.
Way to hand the power over to the pirates Ubisoft, Driver just went from a possible purchase to a must download multiple times from different trackers so Ubisoft can be convinced that it isn't worth it.
I can't say I'm too surprised, DRM is shitty but a very vocal minority of people who weren't going to buy the game anyway., Sorry guys, they're right here.
Hey Paul Franzen,
Had the pirates done their job better Ubisoft would have considered this scheme a failure and you wouldn't be stuck with it.
Had the pirates done their job better Ubisoft would have considered this scheme a failure and you wouldn't be stuck with it.
I heard when your connection drops out, the game permanently locks down and the disc will detonate unless you implement a series of 64 digit security codes printed in size 7 font in the manual.
Their DRM policies seem to be directly proportionate to how well they think a game will sell. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood? No need, they know it will sell well. Driver? Put the DRM back on because they know everyone knows it's an iffy looking game, probably no good, and thus more people will pirate instead of buying it.
Ultimately does it really matter? You can't really resell most of the PC titles nowadays, so who cares? If they want to lock them down in the way they choose...so be it.
It's already been established that PC gamers will accept DRM that denies owners full rights to their purchases making it impossible to resell their games (Steam). Hell, the possibilities for abusive DRM practices with Valve's "Steam Guard" seems even worse than Ubisoft's DRM.
It's already been established that PC gamers will accept DRM that denies owners full rights to their purchases making it impossible to resell their games (Steam). Hell, the possibilities for abusive DRM practices with Valve's "Steam Guard" seems even worse than Ubisoft's DRM.
......... The two big questions are
Where do these companies magic up their pirate numbers?
And most importantly what did it do to your sales numbers... hmmmm?
If the magical piracy eight ball says piracy is down but so are sales, do the piracy numbers really mean a damn thing?
Regardless of what people or pirates do these companies are going to climb to the top of the tallest building they can find and shout to the heavens how some metric proves them correct.
Enjoy not receiving any money from me and I will enjoy buying games from other developers :)
Where do these companies magic up their pirate numbers?
And most importantly what did it do to your sales numbers... hmmmm?
If the magical piracy eight ball says piracy is down but so are sales, do the piracy numbers really mean a damn thing?
Regardless of what people or pirates do these companies are going to climb to the top of the tallest building they can find and shout to the heavens how some metric proves them correct.
Enjoy not receiving any money from me and I will enjoy buying games from other developers :)
@JamnOnTheOne
Reselling is a problem, I give you that, but "always online" DRM is way worse (for me at least).
For me it essentially means that I can't play these games, as I don't always have a reliable Internet connection. I know this sounds strange to some, but I can't change this condition at the moment.
Reselling is a problem, I give you that, but "always online" DRM is way worse (for me at least).
For me it essentially means that I can't play these games, as I don't always have a reliable Internet connection. I know this sounds strange to some, but I can't change this condition at the moment.
How can they tell whether or not someone pirates their shit? Well, good job pirates, you done made Ubisoft a bunch of assholes even moreso, amazing considering they are french (I think).
@JamnOnTheOne: Your not familiar with Ubisoft's DRM are you? Their DRM doesn't allow you to play a SINGLE player game offline, which make people you know go WTF. Secondly you can re-sell a Steam game. The trick to it is to sell your account the game is on :).
@Webnet: Why? Consoles are starting to gave DRM to. So it really doesn't matter what platform you play on your more than likely going to have to deal with DRM. Consoles you have the used game market and piracy while pc has just piracy and not much of a used game market.
@Webnet: Why? Consoles are starting to gave DRM to. So it really doesn't matter what platform you play on your more than likely going to have to deal with DRM. Consoles you have the used game market and piracy while pc has just piracy and not much of a used game market.
There is only money in increasing sales, not in stopping piracy. If you want to bring piracy down to zero then don't release the game at all.
Amount of time it will take me to pirate and crack one of their games: about 3 hours.
Amount of time it will take me to legally buy it at a store, fuck around with it to get it to work, and upgarde my internet connection to get a stable enough connection, AND the amount of time it would take to make enough money to do all that: 4 weeks.
So I guess not buying their games if they include DRM is bullshit, eh? Looks like we need piratebay. (rhyme)
Amount of time it will take me to legally buy it at a store, fuck around with it to get it to work, and upgarde my internet connection to get a stable enough connection, AND the amount of time it would take to make enough money to do all that: 4 weeks.
So I guess not buying their games if they include DRM is bullshit, eh? Looks like we need piratebay. (rhyme)
"We saw a clear reduction in the number of pirates we were actually able to catch in the act. Therefore, all piracy is down. There is no other possible explanation."
I would love to know where they are getting their piracy numbers from (most likely out of their ass)
Piracy down? Citation needed.
I've been watching the piracy scene for over a decade now (not including Sneakernet) and every report, official and unofficial, says the same thing: Piracy is up across the board, its just a matter of whats being pirated and when. Piracy drops like a rock after the first 6 months of a game/movie/song's release and everyone moves onto the next big thing.
Saying that piracy is down NOW is like Sony saying "PS1 piracy is down, therefore PS1 PSN re-releases are a SUCCESS!"
I've been watching the piracy scene for over a decade now (not including Sneakernet) and every report, official and unofficial, says the same thing: Piracy is up across the board, its just a matter of whats being pirated and when. Piracy drops like a rock after the first 6 months of a game/movie/song's release and everyone moves onto the next big thing.
Saying that piracy is down NOW is like Sony saying "PS1 piracy is down, therefore PS1 PSN re-releases are a SUCCESS!"
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